"Bull Durham" is a 1988 sports romantic comedy film directed by Ron Shelton. The story revolves around the world of minor league baseball and follows the lives of three main characters: Crash Davis, a veteran catcher; "Nuke" LaLoosh, a talented but inexperienced pitcher; and Annie Savoy, a passionate baseball groupie who chooses one player each season to mentor.
As the baseball season progresses, Crash takes Nuke under his wing, teaching him not just about the game but also about life and love. Meanwhile, Annie finds herself caught in a love triangle between Crash and Nuke, leading to amusing and heartfelt moments of romance and rivalry.
The film explores themes of love, loyalty, and the pursuit of dreams. It has been praised for its witty dialogue, authentic portrayal of the baseball world, and the chemistry between the lead actors. "Bull Durham" is often considered one of the best sports films ever made and has become a cult classic. It stars Kevin Costner as Crash Davis, Tim Robbins as "Nuke" LaLoosh, and Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy.
How much do you know about Judd Apatow? The author of Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin he seems to be a little bit disquieted about the age of 40. This is proved once again by his new movie This Is 40 which he directs and writes the screenplay for. Actually, he is 45 years old and the crisis of 40s is way behind. Nevertheless, Judd energetically exploits the topic of mid-age slump, that eventually helps him to give a perfect launch for Hollywood career of his children. Yes, the juvenile Maude and Iris (you know these annoying toddlers from Knocked Up and Funny People) are back again in This Is 40 as Sadie and Charlotte, the children of being mid-age crisis Pete and Debbie. Pete is portrayed by Paul Rudd, who could be distinguished as George in Wanderlust and Ned Rochlin in Our Idiot Brother. The role of Debbie went to resilient cutie Leslie Mann, a well-know American actress born in 1972. Just remember her Jamie Lockwood in The Change-Up and Debbie in I Love You Phillip Morris. And of course, she played in all the latest Apatow's movies which we have enlisted above as Paul did, too. But that's OK, a little bit of conservatism is not a problem when you are filming three movies in row, all about mid-age crisis with the same actors starring and your kids playing kids. Keep calm and carry on, Judd.
Are the phrases "Canadian Caper" and "Iranian Hostage Crises" sound familiar to you? If no, there is short excursion into the history. In 1979 the Iranian revolution escalates at new level. Angry crowds storm the embassies of the western countries in Tehran. Sixty six Americans were caught as hostages and were held for more than 400 days. However six US Diplomats managed to escape the fate of "victims of terrorism and anarchy" as per words of President Carter. Those lucky ones managed to find a shelter in Canada Ambassador's home. Realizing, that finding and killing all of them is only a question of time, CIA requests Antonio J. Mendez to design and implement an unbelievable rescue plan to bring those six Diplomats back home. The years after Antonio J. Mendez, a former CIA technical operations officer, writes a book lifting a curtain off this covert operation. And 33 years later after the "Iranian Hostage Crises" Ben Affleck releases his own movie, Argo, which he direct, co-produce (alongside with George Clooney) and where he plays the leading role, CIA Special Agent, Tony Mendez. As we can see, Ben hasn't look far for searching the appropriate actor for the main protagonist role, choosing himself for playing most toughest guy. Nevertheless, the other cast members were selected brilliantly: Bryan Cranston (Rock of Ages, Red Tails), John Goodman (Red State, The Artis and, funny fact, Sullivan Truck from Cars) and Taylor Schilling (The Lucky One, Mercy).
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you travel back in time and kill your grandmother before she will give you the birth? Right, you will never be born. That means you will never travel back in time and never will kill you grandmother. That's called "Time Paradox" or "Grandfather Paradox". There are lots of theories explicating why the paradox can be avoided. By the way there is quite exotic one: "Can-Not Because Has-Not" that presumes that no one has invented the time machine in the future, because if it'll happen we have had already knew this due to existence of arriving time travelers from the future. But how it is connected with Looper, the movie filmed by Rian Johnson in 2012? The answer is: very straight. In not-so-near future, in the year 2042, a mob hitman makes money by successfully assassinating human targets arriving from more distant future. Everything goes smoothly before he receives the new target: himself arriving from 2072… Now you understand why we had to begin with "Time Paradox". However, such a twisted storyline is only one crucial driving force of Looper. The brilliant cast is the second. A mob killer, Joe, is portrayed by two actors, and each of them is a big name in Hollywood scoreboard. The younger version of Joe is represented by Joseph Gordon-Levitt while the older one is played by Bruce Willis. If such a star cast, picturing one only character is not enough for you, we are glad to let you know about other names: Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau, Young Victoria) Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs , Ashes, Carriers ) and Paul Dano (Being Flynn, Cowboys & Aliens). And after all of that, have any doubts if this film worth your time?
The "shady" action of Lawless is unfolding in times of Great Depression which covered America in in the 1930s. The Prohibition Law and followed mass bootlegging and rum-running led to organized crime wide spreading across the USA. This "dark times" of twenty century were laid down in the movie storyline by the writers Nick Cave (screenplay), Matt Bondurant (novel) and mastermind Megan Ellison (daughter of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison's) who shepherded this project. For those who like watching movies about the gangs rending the "society of law abiding citizens" this film would be a great choice, mostly because of perfectly selected cast. You should agree, not every day you see Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Shia LaBeouf all playing the gangsters and Guy Pearce as Special Agent. Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Jason Clarke and Noah Taylor are continuing the star cast of the movie. But the great choice of actors is not crucial strength of Lawless, the thrilling dramatic scenes and scale of the "just unfolding" war between gangs and authorities will keep you engaged all the 135 minutes.
Written by Vanessa Taylor and directed by David Frankel (Devil Wears Prada), sweet and relaxing Hope Springs depicts the middle-aged couple trying to reignite their descending relationships. The wife, Kay is played by still beautiful and unparalleled Meryl Streep (just remember her remarkable leading role in The Iron Lady). Along with her husband, Arnold, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones, she is attending the intense counseling courses specially designated to help "a long-time-ago" married couples to find some warm feelings to each other. The guru of sessions which are organized in the gorgeous seaside town of Great Hope Springs, Dr. Bernie Feld, undertaking his best efforts to persuade Kay and Arnold Soames to revise their relationships both in everyday life and in sex; to rise the libido; to find the resources in each other to delight and love. In this search of happy live, the couple make some fateful decision, that casts the doubt on how is really in need this courses were to revive the love which never disappeared.
High level of realism and plausible scenes of true life of the street gangs and the cops being in state of permanent war with each other are the bold line that is piercing the dramatic plot of End of Watch. The story about friendship between two police officers Taylor and Zavala. Officer Taylor is portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal, whose identity has not necessarily to introduce. Everybody is familiar with him performing the leading roles in Source Code, Love and Other Drugs and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Officer Zavala is played by Michael Peña, who may be less know to the mass audience, but you could distinctly remember him playing the second plan roles in such movies as The Lincoln Lawyer (Jesus Martinez), Tower Heist (Enrique Dev'Reaux) and 30:Minutes or Less (Chango). Although it's pertinent to say here that Michael was participating in some serious projects at the moment when End of Watch are coming the big screens: Tom Gianas's and Ross Shuman's animated comedy Hell & Back, David Soren's Turbo (animated, too) and biographical Chavez by Diego Luna. oing back to the movie storyline: both the plot and filming present the outlandish combination of frightening realism (all the footage was made by the handheld HD cameras and the street surveillance cameras) with courage of two brave cops patrolling the most dangerous places of the city.
Released in 2012, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days covers the events depicted in third and fourth books of Jeff Kinney: The Last Straw and Dog Days. The last one "realistic fiction" novel got more attention from Wallace Wolodarsky who wrote a screenplay for the movie, and this fact is noticeably reflected in the film's plot. The storyline begins with Greg Heffley and Rowley Jefferson are going to the country club for their summer vacations where due to the unfortunate sequence of developments both of them got into the troubles. Bleak outlook of spending the summer in vain efforts to make some money is rising at the horizon with more and more of clarity. That makes the movie very similar to previous two: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) – the hopeless children are showcased as losers trying to do their best. Nevertheless, the play of the cast is outstanding as usual and while watching this sequel you distinctively understand why these seven actor and actress (Zachary Gordon, Karan Brar, Robert Capron, Laine MacNeil, Connor & Owen Fielding and Dalila Bela were nominated the Young Artist Award and some of them ( we mean Laine MacNeil) even won it. By the way, Zachary Gordon's career is moving quite fast, which is led him to the lead role in the 2012 movie Norm of the North, where he plays main protagonist, Norm.
Revolving around the world of male strippers, Magic Mike's plot was inspired by Channing Tatum's real life experience as a striptease dancer in Tampa, Florida when he was 19 years old. The raw script was created by Tatum and then revised by Reid Carolin, who wrote the final screenplay and co-produced the movie along with Steven Soderbergh. Carolin and Soderbergh co-financed the movie as well. The film's plot is telling a story of veteran stripper "Magic Mike" (played by (Channing Tatum ) and his protégée The Kid (portrayed by Alex Pettyfer who may be familiar to you as Kyle from "Beastly"). Mike teaches The Kid who to party, seducing women and make easy money. The movie action unfolds in Xquisite club which is owned by retired stripper Dallas (played Matthew McConaughey: Sahara, We Are Marshall, The Lincoln Lawyer). The movie has gained mostly positive feedback from critics, although Steven Soderbergh initially was accused in the lack of the "left" rhetoric in film. But as you can see for yourself Magic Mike is stuffed full by thoughts that are far away from conservative ones.
Filmed by Chris Stokes with quite moderate even for musical budget of 15.000.000 USD, Battlefield America tells us a story about the hopeless pre-teens that were turned into the professional dance team by the young entrepreneur. You may be familiar with Chris Stokes' "You Got Served", and that means you know what to expect from this movie, because they have lots of similarities both in filming style and in energy of performance. The movie also features many new faces (which is not surprising, taking into consideration the limited budget). Among newbies we have Christian Ijin Link, Camren Bicondova, Chris Trousdale, Christopher Jones, Zach Belandres, Kida Burns and Tristen M. Carter. The rest of the cast may be known to you. Lynn Whitfield which is playing Mrs. Parker is a co-producer of The Redemption of a Dog, and actress played Glenda Hill in 2008 year movie "The Women". Another more-or-less known actor is Marques Houston who played Elgin in the abovementioned "You Got Served". It worth to mention another member of the cast - Valarie Pettiford filmed in Battlefield America as Ms. Williams. You can remember this talented actress as Aunt Geneva from Jumping the Broom. The critics weren't unanimous in their receptions of this movie, but if you like such movies as Footloose, Step Up and Step Up: Revolution you'll distinctively enjoy Battlefield America (and we have to say that your chances are seriously rising up if you are the big fan of Glee, too.)
What do Santa Claus, Jack Frost, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny all have in common? They are dedicated to be the special guardians of children throughout the world, protecting them from evil and the likes of The Bogeyman! fter some name changes and casting alterations (previously titled The Guardians of Childhood, then The Guardians) became a prime project for DreamWorks Animation and will be distributed by Paramount. 3-D animated and with star quality voices, Rise of the Guardians will prove to be a big hit when heroes become the saviors of children around the world. The evil incarnate Pitch, Nightmare King aka The Bogeyman is voiced by Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). The main hero is Jack Frost played by Chris Pine (Small Town Saturday Night), Tooth (the Tooth Fairy) is played by Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic), Hugh Jackman (from the X-Men series of films) plays the role of E. Aster Bunnymund, the Easter Bunny, and Nicholas St. North aka Santa Claus is voiced by Alec Baldwin (30 Rock). Jamie, voiced by Dakota Goyo (Real Steel) is a young boy who does not believe in guardians (or any other beliefs for that matter).